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Mechanical birds, aluminum snakes, dragonfly helicopters that sound like buzzing bees, remote controlled manta rays. They may look like toys, but they are incredible robots that may change the world. Joe Penna explores Mechanimals!

Bio - Mechanimals

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Billions are flocking to cities, needing a place to live. Futuristic apartments being built like cars on assembly lines. The furniture of the future plays hide and seek. Limited space even comes to the country side. Homes of the future, on Earth 2050!

Future of Homes

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Sound--you don't think much about it, but futurists and entrepreneurs do. Host Chuck Pell catches up with two college-age inventors who've created a fire extinguisher that puts out fires--with sound waves. Another inventor has created a 'sound cloaking' device that could make submarines invisible to sonar. And sound waves can also be used to defy gravity--provided you can generate enough noise.

Future of Sound

High tech is revolutionizing the way kids learn AND the way teachers teach. Join host Chuck Pell as he gets elbow deep in the 'sandbox of the future'--and 3D topographical sandbox that allows young students to test earth science theories with their own hands in real time. 3D printing is also helping students create historical artifacts that they used to see only in photographs.

Teaching Goes High Tech

Humans have always used their best technology to save lives, and new tech--and even some OLD tech--is now being employed by doctors the world over. Host Chuck Pell meets a designer who uses old car parts to help 3rd world doctors keep babies from getting jaundice. He takes a ride in a wheelchair that's built to work like an All-Terrain-Vehicle. Doctors and botanists join forces to GROW medicines.

Medical Tech Transforms the 3rd World

Green technology is radically changing the way people get around. Host Chuck Pell will take to the road in a hybrid between a solar powered car and an old fashioned tricycle-- that has no carbon footprint. He'll visit the factory where electric powered buses are changing the daily commute for millions. And trains that float just inches above the ground will get you there faster than ever.

High Tech Hits the Road

If you want to see some of the world's most famous treasures you often have to travel thousands of miles. Now, asChuck Pell saw for himself, high tech is bringing fossils, artwork and historical artifacts to classrooms around the world. And virtual reality is changing the way teachers learn to do their job. Chuck goes to the virtual classroom to test himself in front of the students of the future.

The Classroom of the Future

Inventors are up to some crazy things. We'll see a mirror that records your reflection -from all sorts of angles--- and downloads all those images to your cell phone. Host Chuck Pell will demonstrate a bulletproof material made of a new kind of foam. And a New York City hotel has a new employee: a two-ton robot that loves to handle visitors' luggage.

Unusual Inventions

Doctors and botanists have come together to GROW medicine. Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where vaccines are developed inside of plants and then processed into pills--a development that could save millions of lives in the developing world. Drones are being used to deliver medicine not only across town---but across your living room. And virtual reality is giving doctors a new view of the human body.

High Tech Revolutionizes Medicine

Humans have always been interested in the workings of planet Earth and high tech is giving them all sorts of new insights. Did you know that Earth's magnetic poles have shifted dozens of times during the planet's history? Host Chuck Pell visits scientists who've created a huge device that shows how this happens and predicts when it will happen again.

High Tech Explores the Earth

Movies and video games have been creating simulated environments for years but now the military is creating physical environments that simulate rain forests, deserts, combat situations, and even the surface of Mars. Host Chuck Pell goes to a lab where he's in a blistering desert one minute and a tropical rain forest the next---all in one building.

Simulated Worlds Test the Future

Environmental bad guys beware! Trees are now safer thanks to new satellite imagery giving us a view of our planet like we've never had before. We now know how many trees are on Earth and-almost in real-time--- can tell who's cutting them down. And host Chuck Pell samples a new kind of tree---one that's built in a lab and designed to stop global warming.

Trees Get Technical

New sources of power are transforming people's lives, particularly in developing countries. Host Chuck Pell meets two young entrepreneurs who've invented a portable light that's virtually indestructible and runs on sunlight. And, believe it not, sewage is being used to create clean drinking water and electricity.

New Power to the People

High tech is a serious business, but it's also fun and games. Host Chuck Pell gets in the virtual cockpit for a new kind of drone racing that's going international. He'll watch as robots compete in the world's most futuristic soccer match. And a new football 'dummy' isn't as dumb as he seems.

Future Games

New tech is allowing all of us to become inventors. Welcome to the Maker Movement --- a worldwide phenomenon designed to get everyone making all sorts of strange and unusual gadgets. Host Chuck Pell visits a Makers Faire for some hands-on experience in how young and old alike are creating the future.

The Maker Movement

We don't often think about what things are made of, but the materials that go into our vehicles, homes, and appliances are undergoing a revolution. Host Chuck Pell will see how industrial diamonds are transforming manufacturing. He will experiment with a type of metal that gives new meaning to 'waterproof.' And he'll get in the lab with a brand of concrete that heals itself-just like human skin.

Transforming How Things Are Made

Weather---it’s Mother Nature’s way to remind us how beautiful---and fickle---she can be. Host Chuck Pell visits a local TV station to see how supercomputers are used to predict future weather events.

Future of Weather Prediction

High tech is revolutionizing the way art is being created. Is Artificial Intelligence intelligent enough to make art? Host Chuck Pell find out when sees works of art produced solely by computers.

Art Takes on the Future

Plastic is one of mankind’s most revolutionary inventions. It’s everywhere—in your home, in your car, in your clothes. It’s also fouling your environment. Host Chuck Pell visits the world of plastic recycling.

Plastic's Fantastic Future

A child born in 2000 will most likely see people living on the moon and maybe even Mars. Host Chuck Pell visits training facilities for these future colonies.

Living Spaces in Space

DNA -- we all have it, and it’s being used for a lot more than solving crimes. Could we get DNA from dinosaurs? Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where they’ve discovered fossilized proteins that are coming awfully close.

DNA and Your Future

We tend think of robots as boxy, hard, and a little awkward.   Well, those days are over. Discover the new world of soft robotics, where robots are so human-like they can actually feel things.

New Frontiers in Soft Robotics

The STEM initiative, which is designed to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to the nation’s schoolchildren, is getting a big boost from both the private---and public---sectors.

STEM Hits the Nation's Classrooms

New technology is capable of things not thought possible a generation ago. Chuck has a conversation in real-time with a hologram of a holocaust survivor. Thanks to new tech these survivors will be able to personally relate their experiences, forever.

Future Tech Defies Death

What will the world look like in 2050? Where will advancements in science, technology, engineering, and math lead us? Host Chuck Pell takes viewers on a mind bending journey in search of these answers.

All Episodes of Xploration Earth 2050

All Episodes of Xploration Earth 2050

Season 1

Bio - Mechanimals

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/2014

Episode 2

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2014

Episode 3

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2014

Episode 4

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2014

Episode 5

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/2014

Episode 6

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/2014

Episode 7

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/2014

Episode 8

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/2014

Episode 9

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/2014

Episode 10

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/2014

Episode 11

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/2014

Episode 12

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/2014

Episode 13

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/2014